Cost Reduction Jobs in the South East

Cost Reduction
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Cost Reduction skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cost Reduction over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 329 343
Rank change year-on-year +27 +14 +103
Permanent jobs citing Cost Reduction 10 71 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.40% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.48% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8 33 28
10th Percentile £44,100 £29,913 £28,750
25th Percentile £55,688 £42,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% +11.11% -15.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £60,063
90th Percentile - £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £57,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.09% -8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cost Reduction falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,872 14,647 13,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.08% 83.51% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,278 10,075 7,715
10th Percentile £29,175 £27,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £36,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Cost Reduction
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cost Reduction as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cost Reduction in the South East

Cost Reduction
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cost Reduction in the South East.

Salary trend for Cost Reduction in the South East

Cost Reduction
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cost Reduction in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cost Reduction in the South East

Cost Reduction
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cost Reduction within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +39 4 £65,000 +13.04% 61
East Sussex +27 3 £59,500 -15.00% 6
Berkshire +10 3 £65,000 - 37
Hampshire +58 2 £45,500 -9.00% 20
Kent +35 1 - - 12
Buckinghamshire +29 1 £47,500 -17.39% 15
Cost Reduction
England

Cost Reduction
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Supplier Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Author
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Steward
2 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Finance Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce Architect
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Enterprise Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 4 (40.00%) Contract Management
3 4 (40.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Benchmarking
4 3 (30.00%) Market Research
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (30.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
6 1 (10.00%) Analytics
6 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ACCA
1 1 (10.00%) CBAP
1 1 (10.00%) CFA
1 1 (10.00%) CIMA
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk